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长期以来，许多学校的中文教学都被人为地分成两部分：用中文教授一到四年级中文语言的“语言部分”和主要用英文教授中国文学、社会学、历史和宗教等方面的“内容部分”。这种分类的产生和存在有其历史和现实的原因，但是随着全球化的发展，社会对复合型外语人才的需求逐渐增加。以往的语言与内容相分离的中文教学模式，已经不能满足学生们的学习需求。越来越多的学生希望在中文课堂（尤其是高年级的中文课堂）上用目的语学习有关于中国历史、社会、宗教、文学、文化和科学的内容。同时，他们也希望中文课堂不仅仅是一个语言学习的场所，也是一个能让他们跨越学科、用中文讨论各种人文与科学问题的场所。
“跨学科高年级中文教学兴趣小组”就是在这样一个大背景下应运而生的。小组的成立过程如下：梁新欣老师在2016年ACTFL年会期间召集二十几位老师开会，提议申请成立跨学科中文教学兴趣小组；储诚志老师提议首先组建微信群，王小戎老师当场建群并邀请与会老师加入；梁新欣老师在会后起草倡议书，向CLTA提成申请，正式成立“跨学科高年级中文教学兴趣小组”；兴趣小组网站建成。在接下来的几年内，在梁新欣老师的带领、世界各地中文老师的支持下，这个兴趣小组的规模迅速扩大。截至目前，小组已经由最初的20多位老师，发展到现在由8位理事会成员、10位工作组成员、近700位中文教师参与构成的成熟组织。
“跨学科高年级中文教学兴趣小组”旨在为高年级中文语言文化教学提供一个平等、自由与公开的互动交流平台。这个平台将聚集专业中文教学和研究人士，以及对这一领域感兴趣的研究生，集思广益，共同思考并讨论我们在高年级中文教学中所面临的问题和挑战、提出可能的解决方案、并探讨我们在教学中可以尝试的新理念、新观点和新方法。跨学科高年级中文教学是中文教学中一个全新的、不断发展的领域。 我们希望通过各位有志人士在这个平台的讨论，吸引更多人来关注这个领域，也关注我们中文教学事业的发展。
For a long time, Chinese education in many schools has been artificially divided into two divisions: the "Language Division," where we teach Chinese language courses from the first year to the fourth year solely in Chinese, and the "Content Division," where courses on Chinese literature, social science, history and religions have been offered primarily in English. There are historical and practical reasons for the creation and continuation of this division. However, with the development of globalization, the world demands for more complex foreign language talents.The previous model of separating language from content no longer meets the learning needs of students. More and more students want to learn about Chinese history, society, religion, literature, culture and science in the target language in their Chinese classes, especially at the upper level. They want their Chinese classroom to be not only a place for language learning, but also a place where they can discuss various humanities and science issues across disciplines in the target language.
It is in this context that this SIG on “Teaching Chinese across Disciplines at the Advanced Level” was created. The process of forming the SIG is as follows: 1. Dr. Hsin Hsin Liang invited more than 20 Chinese teachers to attend a preparatory meeting at the 2016 ACTFL Annual Conference and proposed to establish a Special Interest Group on teaching Chinese across disciplines. 2. At the meeting, Dr. Chengzhi Chu proposed to set up a WeChat group for the SIG. The WeChat group was then created by Dr. Xiaorong Wang on site and all the teachers attending the meeting joined the group. 3. After the preparatory meeting, Dr. Hsin Hsin Liang drafted a proposal and applied to CLTA. The proposal was approved and the SIG on “Teaching Chinese across Disciplines at the Advanced Level” was officially established. 4. A website for the SIG was set up. In the following years, under the leadership of Dr. Liang and with the support of Chinese teachers around the world, the SIG has expanded rapidly. As of now, it has grown from the original 20+ teachers to a mature organization consisting of eight board members, ten working group members, and nearly 700 Chinese teachers.
The SIG aims to provide an equal, free and open platform for discussions on Chinese education at the advanced level. It will bring together Chinese language teaching and research professionals, as well as graduate students interested in the field, to brainstorm and discuss the issues and challenges that we face in Chinese teaching, to suggest possible solutions, and to explore innovative curricula and pedagogical approaches and methods that we can try in our classes. Teaching Chinese across disciplines at the advanced level is a new and evolving field in Chinese education. We hope that through the discussions and communications of all interested parties on this platform, more people will understand the significance of this field and the development of Chinese education in general.